HR Business Partner

Creating Tomorrow Multi Academy Trust; Kettering; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Flexible working arrangements

LGPS

Job summary

Creating Tomorrow Multi Academy Trust is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner (0.6 FTE) to support our network of special schools and specialist provision. The role involves advising leaders, managing complex employee relations, and shaping people strategies across multiple sites.

Based in Kettering with travel between Trust sites, the post offers professional development and a supportive leadership team. The exact pattern is flexible and will be agreed with the candidate.

Qualifications

• Significant experience advising leaders in complex environments.
• Experience in education sector is desirable.
• Ability to lead on complex employee relations matters.
• Experience interpreting and applying employment policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide trusted professional HR advice to school leaders and central team.
• Lead on complex employee relations matters.
• Contribute to people-focused strategies and workforce planning.
• Support recruitment, retention and professional development initiatives.

Skills

Relationship building

Judgement & pragmatism

Employee relations

Inclusion & collaboration

Adaptability

Job description

HR Business Partner (0.6 FTE)

At Creating Tomorrow Multi-Academy Trust, we believe every child and young person deserves the opportunity to achieve their potential, regardless of their learning needs. Our mission is simple: Helping to create everyone's tomorrow. As a specialist SEND trust, we are committed to transforming lives through high-quality education, collaboration and an unwavering focus on the individual.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated HR Business Partner to join our Trust on a 0.6 FTE basis, with working arrangements to be agreed with the successful candidate.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping and supporting our workforce across a growing family of special schools and specialist post-16 provision. Working closely with school leaders and the central team, you will provide trusted professional advice, lead on complex employee relations matters and contribute to the development of people-focused strategies that enable our staff and learners to thrive.

You will be a confident HR practitioner with significant experience of advising leaders in complex environments, ideally within the education sector. As well as leading on the interpretation and application of employment policies, you will support organisational development, workforce planning, recruitment and retention initiatives, and the delivery of continuous professional development priorities across the Trust.

We are looking for someone who:

• Builds strong relationships and quickly earns the confidence of leaders and colleagues.


• Combines sound professional judgement with a pragmatic and solution-focused approach.


• Has experience of managing a broad range of employee relations casework.


• Shares our commitment to inclusion, collaboration and achieving the very best outcomes for children and young people with SEND.


• Thrives in a varied role where every day brings new opportunities and challenges.

In return, we can offer:

• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference across a specialist SEND Trust.


• A supportive and collaborative trust leadership team.


• Ongoing professional development and opportunities to further develop your expertise.


• A competitive salary, Local Government Pension Scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.


• Flexible working arrangements, with the exact working pattern to be agreed with the successful candidate.

The role is based at our Trust offices in Kettering, although regular travel between Trust sites will be required. Flexibility, adaptability and a strong commitment to partnership working are essential.

Closing date: midday Thursday 15th October

Anticipated interview date: Tuesday 3rd November 2026.